The document details the evolution of the Joomla content management system over ten years, highlighting key developments and releases from its origins as Mambo to its transition into Joomla. It discusses various versions, features, and functionalities introduced in each release, including usability improvements, multilingual support, and new frameworks. Furthermore, it emphasizes milestones in software history and the impact of open-source collaboration on Joomla's development.

1. Peter Martin
www.db8.nl / @pe7er
Joomla: 10 years of progress

3. My HTML years
Title: “Stoney Street”
Artist: Amon Tobin
Album: Bricolage
Year: 1997

7. My PHP years

10. Memory lane
Mambo 4.5.1a
Joomla 1.0
Joomla 1.6, 1.7, 2.5
Joomla 1.5
Joomla 3.0 - 3.4

11. Mambo 4.5.1a
“Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy,
it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the
rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll
raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed
ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe.”
Mambo 4.5 - December 2003
Mambo 4.5.1 - 23 September 2004
Mambo 4.5.1a - 6 October 2004

12. Installation

19. New article

25. Careful!
Menu type can not be changed...

29. Extensions

33. Easier than
HTML...

34. My own company
June 2004
databases behind websites =
Unlimited (“infinite”) possibilities
1 January 2005 - start of company
Work field: Mambo Websites & osCommerce webshops

35. On a beautiful
summer day...

36. “the split”
17 August 2005
“Mambo Open Source Development Team - Letter to the community”
www.opensourcematters.org
1 September 2005
“New Name Announced – Joomla!”
www.joomla.org
7 September 2005
“Joomla! logo competition launched”
Joomla 1.0.0 released:
17 September 2005 - “Baby Joomla! Cuts its First Tooth”
22 September 2005
“And the winner is...”

37. Joomla 1.0
Joomla 1.0.0 - 17 September 2005
Joomla 1.0.15 - 21 February 2008

38. Installation

39. New article

46. <div align="center">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="808">
<tr>
<td class="outline">
<div id="buttons_outer">
<div id="buttons_inner">
<div id="buttons">
<ul id="mainlevel­nav">
<li><a href="index.php" class="mainlevel­
nav" >Home</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?
option=com_contact&amp;Itemid=3" class="mainlevel­nav" >Contact
Us</a></li><li><a href="index.php?
option=com_content&amp;task=section&amp;id=1&amp;Itemid=2"
class="mainlevel­nav" >News</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php?
option=com_weblinks&amp;Itemid=23" class="mainlevel­nav"
>Links</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="search_outer">

47. Joomla 1.5
Joomla 1.5.0 - 22 January 2008
Joomla 1.5.26 - 27 March 2012

49. one installer

50. one text area

52. Language
Back-end language pack

53. OOP
Model-View-Controller

54. Template override
HTML output Components & Modules

55. Compatibility
Joomla 1.0 Legacy Mode

56. Joomla 1.6
Joomla 1.6.0 - 10 January 2011
Joomla 1.6.6 - 26 July 2011

57. 15 x Beta, 1 x RC

58. Template override
HTML output Components & Modules

61. Categories
/administrator/index.php?
option=com_categories
&view=categories
&extension=com_messages
Sections→nested categories

62. Language
3rd party→Language code (fr-FR)
to content items

63. Access Control
List
Public / Registered / Special
→own groups & levels

64. Functionality
Batch Modus now even better!

65. Joomla 1.7
Joomla 1.7.0 - 19 July 2011
Joomla 1.7.5 - 2 February 2012

67. One-click-install

68. Joomla 2.5
Joomla 2.5.0 - 24 January 2012
Joomla 2.5.28 - 20 December 2014

70. Database layer
MySQL, now also Microsoft MSSQL

71. Language
Installation language pack in back-end
Language overrides

72. Joomla 3.0
Joomla 3.0.0 - 27 September 2012
Joomla 3.0.3 - 04 February 2013

75. New back-end
Back-end Responsive Template

76. Bootstrap
Built-in Responsive CSS Framework

77. Language
Content item association

78. Database layer
MySQL & MSSQL, now also PostgreSQL

79. Joomla 3.1
Joomla 3.1.0 - 24 April 2013
Joomla 3.1.5 - 01 August 2013

80. Tags

81. Joomla 3.2
Joomla 3.2.0 - 06 November 2013
Joomla 3.2.7*
- 01 October 2014

82. Two factor
authentication

83. Versioning

84. Developers
Framework on Framework (FoF)

85. Joomla 3.3
Joomla 3.3.0 - 30 April 2014
Joomla 3.3.6 - 01 October 2014

86. Microdata
“Ratatouille” recipe or movie? → indexation

87. Joomla 3.4
Joomla 3.4.0 - 24 February 2015
Joomla 3.4.x - ?

88. Safety
Google new reCaptcha

89. Future

90. Further “decoupling” of extensions:
com_newsfeeds, com_banners, com_contacts,
com_search, com_finder, com_redirect,
com_messages
Joomla 3.5

91. Command Line Interface (CLI)
Webservices (“Hypermedia API”)
Joomla 3.6
Website = data exchange
● via HTML (PC browser)
● via XML feed (Atom/RSS) (other website)
● via Responsive HTML (Tablet PC / Mobile)
● Only data (among servers / Native App)

92. {
"results" : [
{
"formatted_address" : "Pôle universitaire Saint Jean d'Angely, 24
Avenue des Diables Bleus, 06300 Nice, France",
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : 43.7087228,
"lng" : 7.28825
},
"location_type" : "ROOFTOP",
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 43.71007178029149,
"lng" : 7.289598980291502
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 43.7073738197085,
"lng" : 7.286901019708497
}
}
}, "place_id" : "ChIJ7QoUTcrazRIRQkKKKjrgf8g",
"types" : [ "street_address" ]
}
],
"status" : "OK"
}
Browser:
https://www.google.fr/maps/place/
24+Avenue+des+Diables+Bleus,
+Nice,+France
Webservice:
http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/
geocode/json?
sensor=false&address=24+Avenue+d
es+Diables+Bleus,+Nice,+France

93. Internet of Things

94. CSS (Responsive) Framework
In Joomla: Bootstrap 2.3.2
What if you want Bootstrap 3.3.4 ?
or 960 grid system, Blueprint, Cascade
Framework, Foundation, Pure, skeleton, YAML,
YUI CSS grids, etc?
→ Bootstrap compatibility layer
Joomla 3.7

95. 10 years of
progress

96. Improvements
● Usability
● Functionality
● Multilingual
● Safety
● Design & Layout
● Performance
● Search Engine Optimization

97. 2011
SVN→GIT(github)
Easier to cooperate code wise

98. 2013 - Patch
Tester Component
Easier to test patches

99. Questions?
Peter Martin
e-mail: info at db8.nl
website: www.db8.nl
twitter: @pe7er
Presentation: http://www.db8.nl

100. Used Photos
Title sheet:
● Birthday cake - Ariel da Silva Parreira, 2008
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1093390
● Baustelle - Duesentrieb, 2005
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baustelle.svg
My HTML years
● Bricolage - Amon Tobin, 1997
● Basiscursus PHP 4.2 - Peter Kassenaar, 2003
● Lane5599c - Sarah777, 2007
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lane5599c.jpg
Mambo 4.5.1a
● Motherboard 4 - Lisa Zanchi, 2004
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/103914
● Light bulb - Bartosz Borecki, 2009
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1167050
● Storm Over Pond - Nate Brelsford, 2007
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/828801

101. Used Photos
Joomla 1.5
● Bengali Keyborad - Mohammad Jobaed Adnan, 2006
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/676844
● Lego Color Bricks, Alan Chia, 2007
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lego_Color_Bricks.jpg
● Retro/Vintage TV set - "meltingdog", 2014
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1440150
● Legacy Parkway at 500 South - 2, CountyLemonade, 2010
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Legacy_Parkway_at_500_South_-_2.jpg
● Joomla 1.6
● Flags of the Baltic Sea countries - Johannes Raitio, 2006
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/471547
● Lock - Robert Linder, 2012
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1395379

102. Used Photos
●
Books books books... - Brandon Blinkenberg, 2005
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/424027
●
Barrels - Christian Ferrari, 2008
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1118943
Joomla 1.7
●
Mouse buttons - wooptoo, 2008
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mouse_buttons.svg
Joomla 2.5
●
Copyright Card Catalog Drawer - Michael Holley, 2009
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Copyright_Card_Catalog_Drawer.jpg
Joomla 3.0
●
HypertextEditingSystemConsoleBrownUniv1969, Greg Lloyd, 1969
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HypertextEditingSystemConsoleBrownUniv1969.jpg
●
Dirty boots - Jon-Isac Lindberg, 2012
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dirty_boots.jpg

103. Used Photos
Joomla 3.1
● Basho Collage 5 - Billy Alexander, 2011
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1330749
Joomla 3.2
● EC inspection of the Gibraltar-Spain border 22 - InfoGibraltar, 2013
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EC_inspection_of_the_Gibraltar-
Spain_border_22.jpg
● Praktica MTL-3 - Uberprutser, 2012
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Praktica_MTL-3.jpg
● Forjados 1 - Albert Lazcano, 2006
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/626785
● Testing22222 - Tweedewereldoolog-wiki, 2009
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Testing22222.jpg

104. Used Photos
Joomla 3.3
● CSIRO ScienceImage 1342 Nanotechnology - CSIRO, 2003
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CSIRO_ScienceImage_1342_
Nanotechnology.jpg
Future
● Future Fiction April 1941 - Future Fiction magazine, volume 1, issue 5,
1941
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Future_Fiction_April_1941.jpg
● Internet of Things – Peter Martin, 2015
Questions
● 10 anni Trauttmansdorff - Ulli Purwin, 2011
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10_anni_Trauttmansdorff.jpg